Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Ai Akiyama

Tetsuya Miwa

Hiroaki Kisaka

Shuichi Yanagisawa

The object of the present invention is to provide a transformed plant having an enhanced amino acid content, a progeny of the plant, seeds of the plant and a method for producing the plant. The present invention provides a transformed plant having a gene encoding DNA binding protein of Dof family and also having a free amino acid content higher than that of naturally occurring plants of the same species cultivated under the same conditions. The present invention also provides a method of producing a transformed plant having the free amino acid content higher than that of naturally occurring plants of the same species cultivated under the same conditions by introducing a gene encoding DNA binding protein of Dof family into the plant to express the gene in the plant body.

Plants having an enhanced amino acid content, plants having an enhanced nitrogen content, plants tolerant to nitrogen deficiency, and methods for producing them

The present invention provides potatoes having a tuber yield of potatoes per plant higher than that of non-transformed potatoes cultivated under the same conditions, wherein a gene encoding DNA linking protein belonging to Dof family is introduced in the potatoes. The present invention also provides a method for producing potatoes having a tuber yield of potatoes per plant body higher than that of non-transformed potatoes cultivated under the same conditions, comprising introducing a gene encoding a DNA linking protein belonging to Dof family into the potatoes, and expressing said gene in the potatoes.

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Kawasaki, Japan

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